What you may not know about the SONIC 3 movie: In March 2020, James Marsden confirmed that he had signed on for multiple sequels to Sonic the Hedgehog (2020). In February 2022, Sega Sammy Group and Paramount Pictures were developing a third film following Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022). It was officially announced during the ViacomCBS investor event. Jeff Fowler returns as director, and Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, and Hitoshi Okuno return as producers. Haruki Satomi, Shuji Utsumi, Yukio Sugino, Fowler, Tommy Gormley, and Tim Miller serve as executive producers. Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington return to write the screenplay, with the former two also credited for the story. Paul Greenberg and Oren Uziel received additional off-screen writing credits. Additionally, a spin-off television series for Paramount+, Knuckles, was developed concurrently with the film. The series will be inspired by the video games Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) and Shadow the Hedgehog (2005).
